a scary endeavor

I have some knitting goals for the year. As a housewife who has a seemingly unusual amount of creative energy (and not nearly as much of the cleaning energy), I am venturing out of the hat, scarf, and simple baby sweater type of knitting. Do you want to know what’s on the list? Here it is in no particular order:

1) socks– these have scared the tar out of me thus far, but it’s time to grab some itty-bitty needles and cast on.

2) mittens– like socks, but a little less intimidating.

3) Nick knits– I’ve only made the guy 1 hat, which was recently given away for a good cause. He needs some yarn love.

4) A shawl– a lacy shawl…for me.

5) A Zimmerman– I have no particular one in mind. I just know that if an artist had a chance to paint with Monet, he would. Such would a knitter with a Zimmerman pattern. It’s like a right of passage in my eyes. More about Elizabeth Zimmerman can be found here.

So that’s that. I’m expecting this post will keep me accountable to these goals. Just so you don’t think I’m a complete whack, let me just say that many of these goals will be combined in one project. In example: A pair of fair isle mittens using a EZ pattern for…Nick? Well, maybe not for Nick. He’s not a mitten kinda guy. He’s rarely a glove guy as far as hands are concerned. Ha!

Happy knitting all! Please join in if you so wish. Leave your updates and blog links in the comments box.